Why One Law School Just Banned AI

Why would a leading law school ban AI entirely while other countries are giving every citizen access to ChatGPT?
In this news-focused episode, Ray and Dan unpack some of the biggest developments shaping AI and education around the world. They discuss China's new national AI education strategy, Malta's ambitious "AI for All" programme, Harvard's expansion of student AI access, and Anthropic's $200 million partnership with the Gates Foundation.
The conversation explores a controversial decision by the University of California, Berkeley School of Law to prohibit AI use in assessed work, raising important questions about judgement, employability, and the future role of AI in professional education.
They also examine new research on how people are actually using AI, why Australian students' digital literacy is falling despite increased screen time, and what educators can learn from a high-profile academic integrity case involving an AI-assisted newspaper article.
Finally, they highlight Jason La Greca's excellent framework for testing and stress-testing educational chatbots before they are deployed to students.
All the links:
China launches AI empowering education action plan, includes AI into teacher qualification exams globaltimes.cn/page/202604/1358611.shtml The Amazon-Perplexity Ruling and Implications for "Agentic AI" in EdTech rumidocs.com/newsroom/the-amazon-perplexity-ru… Malta gives every Maltese (at home and abroad!) ChatGPT free - with a catch openai.com/index/malta-chatgpt-plus-partnership Harvard students avoid uni-provided ChatGPT thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/28/fas-anthropic… Anthropic's forms $200M partnership with the Gates Foundation anthropic.com/news/gates-foundation-partnership University of California Berkeley School of Law bans AI law.berkeley.edu/academics/registrar/academic-… Australian students' digital literacy at an all time low abc.net.au/news/2026-05-27/school-students-dig… How people are really using AI hbr.org/2026/06/how-people-are-really-using-ai… Walton Family Foundation Educator Research: closing the expectations gap gallup.com/analytics/659819/k-12-teacher-resea… From the "You couldn't make this up" department theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/03/syd… smh.com.au/national/uni-academic-admits-she-us… Can you spot AI writing? fakewriters.onrender.com How to break your chatbot - from Jason La Greca teachyourselfout.substack.com/p/the-ultimate-j…